Really though, Aquinas was the smartest Religious backer I've come across thus far. I mean at least the guy believed that Science helped more then hamper, and during his time, that was a huge step to take.

Of course, in modern time we see the Science community almost ripping apart Darwin for his claims, even though he even stated "I am leaving out things that technology of my time can't clarify for me", and we see the Papal community backing the thoughts of Darwin....weird twist.

Really though, Aquinas was the smartest Religious backer I've come across thus far. I mean at least the guy believed that Science helped more then hamper, and during his time, that was a huge step to take.

Of course, in modern time we see the Science community almost ripping apart Darwin for his claims, even though he even stated "I am leaving out things that technology of my time can't clarify for me", and we see the Papal community backing the thoughts of Darwin....weird twist.

wow the church has moved from being 500 years behind to only 200 years behind!!!

Hume is one of my favorite philosophers, but I hate reading the guy. His style is either unnecessarily complex or my professor is picking the worst things to give us an exam over.

Again, gotta give it up for Dawkins. I'd probably throw my panties at him if I saw him in person.

Yea Hume mos def knows how to NOT just say what he really wants. I've been so confused numerous times on his readings. I've even had professors come out and say "i wont give you any Hume to read because I dislike the material for this topic, plus it's stupid".

Speaking of Dawkins, my metaphysics professor has had the privilege of working with him.

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Tried running for the first time today since getting mono...pretty much back to ground zero on my running.

I used to run 3-4 times a week doing:
1.5-2 miles
.5 miles walking curves/sprinting straights
~.5 miles stairs

Hume is one of my favorite philosophers, but I hate reading the guy. His style is either unnecessarily complex or my professor is picking the worst things to give us an exam over.

im betting a little bit of both because everything i've ever read or been assigned to read by Hume has been difficult to read simply because he writes in the style of "im a 18th century scholar so I have to use large unnecessary words and awkward sentence structure"
(edit) I agree with Arnold, his **** is just confusing, im still trying to figure out what i read...and my professor did not give me the luxury of not reading it either...damn you A&M curriculum!!!

I like metaphysics but I prefer political philosophy, Friedrich von Hayek is pretty awesome